Faculty Mentors and Competitive Thesis Grants
In addition to being encouraged to apply for Thesis Grant Funding (which takes place during the semester one is enrolled in the HC 3900 course), The Honors College aims to provide high level mentorship and mentor support.
The Mentors listed in the following fields of study are not all inclusive to those available to our students. You can find mentors in a variety of departments throughout Oakland University. Mentors regularly conduct research and are always pursuing their passion for discovery.
The four key areas The Honors College aims to provide their students are as follows:
- College readiness and college entry for high and sustained achievement
- Undergraduate research and advanced creative activities
- Your Graduate School and career strategies
- Leadership development in research, service and team building
As an undergraduate researcher, you are afforded assistance from the Michigan Center for Undergraduate Research (MCUR). For more information on MCUR, please visit the main menu tab labeled "Midwest Center for Undergraduate Research".
Amy Banes-Berceli
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Hypertension and the renal and vascular complications of diabetes
Fabia Battistuzzi
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When and how species have evolved and investigate the connections between their genetic innovations and variations in environmental conditions
Rasul Chaudhry
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Embryonic stem cell development and differentiation - osteogenesis and neurogenesis; Tissue engineering; Regulation of gene expression; Metabolic pathways of hazardous chemicals; Environmental biotechnology and toxicology
Elizabeth Delorme-Axford
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Molecular mechanisms regulating cellular autophagy
Vandre' Figueiredo
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Mary Jamieson
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The effects of global environmental change on species interactions and biological diversity
Lan Jiang
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The regulation of tracheal gene expression and how tracheal-expressed genes control the complex cellular behaviors that result in the formation of a continuous tubular network
Shailesh Lal
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A multidisciplinary approach in genomics, genetics and bioinformatics to study fundamental processes that impact gene expression in plants from a genome-wide perspective
Gerald Madlambayan
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Define the integrated roles of different stem and progenitor cell populations in cancer initiation, progression and relapse
Raffel Thomas
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Understand how parasites influence the ecology and evolution of their hosts, and how ecological and anthropogenic factors affect parasite-host dynamics
Mi Hye Song
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The molecular and genetic mechanisms of centrosome assembly by applying biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, proteomics and quantitative imaging to the study of centrosome biology in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans model
Scott Tiegs
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Use field-based experimental and observational approaches — usually in aquatic ecosystems — with the aim of better understanding how human activities impact aquatic ecosystems
Luis Villa-diaz
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The self-renewal properties of hPSCs, which are influenced by the microenvironment in which they are cultured, in particular the extracellular matrix (ECM)
Satish Walia
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Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacteria and biodegradation of xenobiotics such as polychlorinated biphenyl, nitrotoluenes, and the mutagenic properties of their biodegradation products
Douglas Wendell
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Develop molecular markers for rapid-cycling Brassica rapa
Randal Westrick
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Understanding and preventing the development of pathologic intravascular blood clot formation
Ferman Chavez
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Develop small molecule models for the active sites of these enzymes which will help to understand the role of various metals in this family and help to probe the mechanisms involved for these enzymes
Roman Dembinski
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The synthesis of analogs of natural products, particularly coordination complexes of nucleosides and nucleotides
Michael Sevilla
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The chemistry of free radical species produced by the high energy irradiation of DNA by gamma irradiation and ion beams
Evan Trivedi
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Light activation and near infrared light
Sumit Dinda
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Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
Constance Burke
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Physician Assistant Science
Christina Lim
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Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
Sara Rivard
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Radiologic Technology
Elena Borrelli
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Physician Assistant Science
Christopher Davis
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Physician Assistant Science
Dale Telgenhoff
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Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences
William Van Dyke
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Radiologic Technology
Stephanie Mabry
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Medical Laboratory Science
Erin Meyers
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Digital or “new” media technologies, most notably the Internet, and the audiences who engage with them
Hoda Abdel-Aty-Zohdy
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Bio-technology with bio-inspired intelligent signal perception and processing (ISPP)
Jai Li
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Statistical signal processing for biomedical imaging and communications, computer graphics, pattern recognition and algorithms
Subramaniam Ganesan
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Divisible load scheduling; condition based maintenance for military and manufacturing; real time DSP/multi-core systems for specific applications; agent based health monitoring
Khalid Mahmood
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Open source speech and Video API in android platform; programming and GUI design
Gautam Singh
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Information system modeling, management and efficient data retrieval; temporal database design for applications in manufacturing and process monitoring
Xia Wang
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Fuel cell and battery modeling and testing, biomass pellets optimization, turbulent boundary layers with separation, forced convection turbulent boundary layers
Peng Zhao
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Combustion and reacting flows, internal combustion engines, energy conversion, environmental science
Richard Olawoyin
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Human Health Exposure Risk Assessment, NanoEHS (nanotechnology), Fire Protection Engineering, Global Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Hazard Management in Nuclear Safety
Myung Choi
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Regulation of local and whole body lipid metabolism in sedentary overweight and obese humans before and after exercise training and nutritional intervention
Frank Giblin
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The possible role of oxidative and free radical processes in the formation of nuclear cataract, resulting in blindness, along with the unusually active antioxidant mechanisms present in the epithelium of the lens that help to keep the tissue transparent
Dao-Qi Zhang
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The regulation of dopamine release in the vertebrate retina, a simple and accessible model of the CNS
Jennifer Lucarelli
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Prevention and improvement of chronic diseases in children, adolescents and adults in community-based settings
Melissa Reznar
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Behavioral nutrition, lifestyle interventions food environment, college health
Physical Therapy
Sara Arena
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Cardiopulmonary, blood pressure, health promotion and wellness, home care
Deborah Doherty
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Melodie Kondratek
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Orthopedics: intervention techniques for spinal conditions; Pediatrics: the use of orthopedic manual therapy techniques in the treatment of children
Kristine Thompson
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Professional issues, professional development
Ilias Cholis
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Theoretical high-energy astrophysics and on astroparticle physics with a significant focus on indirect dark matter searches. Many questions in these fields are at the intersection of astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics.
Brad Roth
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Biological physics and computational physics: Electrical stimulation of cardiac tissue
Steffan Puwal
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Biophysical methods in heart defibrillation
Yang Xia
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Multidisciplinary microscopic imaging study of articular cartilage
Mark Manning
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Social psychological examinations of race, racism and health behavior, and their downstream effect on racial health disparities.examine the interaction between psychological stress, anxiety, and health
Michele Purdie
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Predictors and consequences of sexual assault perpetration and victimization, with a particular emphasis on childhood trauma, substance use, and emotion regulation
Todd Shackelford
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Human sexual psychology and behavior with special focus on sexual conflict between men and women
Kanako Taku
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The construct of posttraumatic growth (PTG), personal growth experienced as a result of the struggle with major life crises or traumatic events
Jennifer Vonk
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Cognitive continuities and discontinuities between humans and both closely and distantly related species
Lisa Welling
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Hormonal and psychological sources of individual differences in human mate preferences and behavior
Virgil Zeigler-Hill
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Self-esteem, narcissism, cognitive representations of the self, and interpersonal relationships
Jon Carroll
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Cultural transmission, social interaction and integration, political and economic organization, social science applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computer modeling and simulation, archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands of North America
Suzanne Spencer-Wood
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Feminist theory in anthropology and archaeology, nonlinear systems theory, archaeological theory and method, feminist historical archaeology, historical archaeology of class, ethnicity, market access and settlement, industrial archaeology and cultural resource management
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